Originally Posted by sbm12

I finally heard back from someone after many, many calls over the past couple days. Being able to say "Oh, and I'm the guy who started this whole mess" certainly seems to have an effect with certain staffers in Congress.

Our conversation was completely off the record and quite interesting. There was plenty of actual discussion about this and other topics near and dear to my heart.

The good news is that further inquiries are being made from different angles now. I don't necessarily expect instant results but things are moving forward.

Also, there are hearings scheduled by the Homeland Security Committee in the House next Wednesday at 2pm. I am going to see if I can clear my calendar to attend but I might have work obligations get in the way.

Originally Posted by greentips

The way I read it, 44 USC 3506(d)(4) (a) and (b) does not allow the government, once they have information they have disseminated, to restrict the public from disseminating that information, by establishing an exclusive distribution arrangement.

FBO.gov was the place where the government published certain information, not identified in any way as classified, restricted or otherwise unavailable to the public. Once they did this, they are not allowed by this law to interfere with public dissemination by creating an exclusive arrangement (ie only government controlled websites may distribute the data). Nor (4(b)) can they stop the public from redistributing that information.